Celmisia.] XXXIX. COMPOSITAE. 281 



long^ axillary, solitary, near the tips of the branches, very slender ; bracts 



short, subulate, acute. Heads IJin. in diameter ; involucral bracts tinequal, 



linear-subulate, glandular-pubescent ; tips recurved. Rays 30—40, narrow, 



spreading. Achenes not seen. 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury : Arthur's Pass, Cheeseman I Mountains above Lake Harris, 

 Otago, Wallcer and Kirk. Mount Alta, Buchanan I Mountains near Mount Aspiring, Petrie. 

 3,000ft. to 4,000ft. Jan. 



A very distinct species, which cannot be mistaken for any other. This and the two following 

 have perhaps equal claim to be included under Olearia, but the involucres and the sheathing leaf- 

 bases are essentially those of Gelmisia. 



2. C. rupestris, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z.I, xvi. (1883) 409. Habit and 

 general aspect of C. Walkeri, but more branched. Leaves densely crowded, 

 ^in.— lin. long, linear-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed towards the base, but there 

 expanding into the imbricating sheath, suberect or spreading, silky above, clothed 

 with lax tomentum beneath ; margins strongly revolute. Peduncles as in 

 C. Walkeri, one or two near the tips of the branches. Heads immature, appa- 

 rently about lin. in diameter when expanded ; involucral bracts very numerous, 

 linear-subulate, glandular-pubescent, unequal. Ray-florets rather numerous. 

 Achenes not seen. 



SOUTH Island : ravines on Mount Peel, Nelson, 5,000ft. 



3. C. ramulosa, Hook. /., Handbk. 733. Stems woody, simple or much 

 branched, 2in.— 7in. long. Branches short, ascending. Leaves densely im- 

 bricating, Jin.— Jin. long, linear-oblong, obtuse, subcoriaceous, attached by broad 

 membranous sheathing bases, glabrous above, clothed with soft white tomentum 

 beneath; tips erect or spreading; margins strongly revolute. Peduncles solitary, 

 terminal, strict, Jin.— 3in. long, with 1 or 3 very short bracts. Heads fin.— lin. 

 in diameter ; involucral bracts unequal, linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrate or 

 glandular-pubescent. Rays spreading, narrow. Achenes not seen. — Olearia 

 Buchanani, Hook. f. MS. 



SOUTH Island: Otago: mountains above Dusky Bay, Sector and Buchanani Mountains 

 above Lake Hauroto, Thomson I Hector Mountains and Mount Pisa, Petrie I Mount Cardrona, 

 Goyen. 3,500ft. to 5,000ft. Jan. 



Distinguished from the preceding by its smaller size, short usually erect leaves, and strict 

 terminal peduncles. 



4. C. lateralis, Buck, in Trans. N.Z.I, iv. (1871) 226, t. 15. A much- 

 branched slightly - sufErutescent species. Root woody. Branches crowded, 

 lin.— 5in. long, forming a compact mass. Leaves erect or spreading, Jin.— Jin. 

 long, linear-subulate, acute, acuminate or apiculate, flat, attached by a short 

 sheathing base, not narrowed below, glandular-pubescent at the margins or 

 glabrous. Peduncles 2in.— 3in. long, lateral or terminal, very slender ; bracts 

 short, subulate, flat. Heads Jin.— fin. in diameter; involucral bracts crowded, 

 linear-subulate, acute, glandular or the inner glandular-silky, scarious. Rays 

 numerous, spreading, narrow, Jin.— Jin. long. Achenes silky. Pappus 

 unequal. 



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